Book-stand



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Patented Dec. 30

A TTORNEYS ATENT Fries.

JULIUS \V. KNIPP AND CHARLES T. KNIPP, OF NAPOLEON, OHIO.

BOOK-STAN D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,966, dated December 30, 1890.

Application filed May 8. 1890. Serial No. 350,985. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JULIUS IV. KNIPP and,

CHARLES 'l. KNIPP, both of'Na-poleon, in the county of Henry and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Book-Stand, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved book-stand principally de signed for convenientlysupporting a dictionary or other large book, and which permits of turning and tilting the table int-o any desired position, and which is simple and durable in construction and ornamental in appearance.

The invention consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement with the table in a horizontal position. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same with the table in an inclined position. Fig. 3 is a front view of the improvement, and Fig. at is a detail view of the lever for tilting the table.

be improved book-stand A is provided with a suitably-constructed base B, on which is held a post O, having its upper end D somewhat reduced to engage the lower hollow end of a post E, mounted to turn on the reduced end D. On the upper end of the post E are secured the transversely-extending arms F, arranged in line with each other and each provided on its outer end with a trunnion G, mounted to turn in brackets l-I, secured on the under side of the table I, adapted to support the book. In order to prevent the book from sliding off the table when the latter is tilted, a foot-rail J is provided, which is secured on top of the said table near its lower end.

In order to prevent the table from tilting in the wrong direction, a bracket K is secured to the rear of the post E, so that when the table I swings on the trunnions G into the horizontal position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 then the under side of the table rests on the cushioned top of the bracket K.

and thenv On the underside of the table I is fulcruined an L-shaped lever L, having one of its arms formed into a handle and provided on its other arm with a series of shoulders L, adapted to engage the apex of a V-shaped bar N, secured to the front of the post E, as is plainly shown in Fig. 2.

On the lower end of the'post O is mounted to turn' a shelf 0, on which books or other articles may be placed when not used on the table I.

hen a book is in position on the table I and the latter extends in a horizontal position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, then the lower end of the notched arm of the lever -L rests on top of the V-shaped plate N, and

the said table also rests on top of the bracket K, so as to be securely locked in place. The operator can now conveniently turn the table I in any direction on account of the post E turning on the reduced end D of the fixed post G.

hen the operator desires to tilt the table I so that the rail J will move downward in order to incline the book resting on the table, then the operator presses the handle end of the lever L upward until the other arm of the said lever is disengaged from the plate N, so that the table swings downward by its own weight, turningon the trunnions G, it being understood that the lower part of the table overbalances the upper part. Then the table I swings downward, it may be locked in any desired inclined position by moving one of the shoulders L of the lever-arm in contact with the apex of the plate N. The table I may also be moved into an extreme inclined position by holding the shoulders L entirely disengaged from the plate N, so that the under side of the table rests on the upwardly extending inclined arm of the V-shaped plate N, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

Then the operator desires to swing the inclined table I upward, he simply presses the lower end of the table upward until it stands in a desired position, one of the shoulders L of the lever L passing onto the apex of the V- shaped plate N, as the handle end of the said lever is sufficiently heavy to cause such movement of the lever.

It will thus be seen that the book-stand is very simple and durable in construction and can beeasily manipulated, turned in any di ceive the trnnnions of t11e arms,the L-shztped lever L, pivoted to the under side of the table Having thus fully described our invention, and provided with the shoulders L, and the We claim as new and desire to secure by Letshelf 0, mounted to turn on the post (J, sub- I5 rection, or tilted whenever desired, an d locked i 5 ters Patent-- l stanti-(tlly as herein shown and described.

in place when the desired position is obtained.

A book-stand consisting of the base B,pr0- vided with the post 0, the post E, mounted to turn on the post 0 and provided with the V-shaped bar N, and the laterally-projecting \Vitnesses- [0 arms 1*, having trunnions G, the table I, pro- R. \V. CAHILL,

vided with the brackets H, npertured to re- F. LONG. 

